• art
  • batman, breakfast, brad
  • comic books, crosswords
  • dad, drawing, dancehall
  • elephants, english language arts
  • fashion, fruit
  • guitars, grasshopper beer
  • holidays
  • ice cream, indian food
  • joker
  • karate kid, kristen
  • louis CK, literature, liverpool
  • mom, mexican food
  • nachos
  • organic food, oilers
  • paint, popcorn, prairies
  • quiet time
  • rap, road trips, russian language
  • summer, spanish language, studio
  • tea, tumblr
  • umbrellas
jan 3 2009 ∞
jan 16 2009 +
  • Next Act Pub

They have the best nachos in town.

  • Oriental Veggie House

Gluten-based fake meat. A tiny little place run by an elderly couple. The food is amazing.

  • Cafe Mosaics

I don't go here much anymore, but they have an amazing burrito. Get it with potatoes inside.

  • Tokyo

Wonderfully fresh sushi with a great vegetarian selection: avacado, kappa, shitaki, inari, etc., etc.

  • Sweet Mango

This place is a new Vietnamese find. They serve a tonne of noodle dishes and have ...

dec 7 2008 ∞
dec 7 2008 +
  • my iBook G4
  • cheese and crackers
  • pints of grasshopper
  • pink covergirl blush
  • the simpsons
  • paperclips and post-its
  • mint lip balm
  • x-files reruns
nov 20 2008 ∞
nov 20 2008 +
  • bread
  • soy milk
  • eggs
  • cheese
  • green onions
  • tomatoes
  • granola bars
  • spaghetti sauce
  • mushrooms
  • bananas
  • hummus
  • pita bread
  • old dutch ripple chips
  • french onion dip
nov 9 2008 ∞
nov 9 2008 +
  • freshly cut grass
  • rain in the late evening
  • Brad's aftershave cream
  • coffee brewing
  • fresh dill and fresh cilantro
  • the chlorine in the air at a swimming pool
  • my mom when she would hug me as a kid after coming home from work in the cold
  • baked goods at the grocery store
  • Indian food
oct 19 2008 ∞
oct 19 2008 +
  • lego
  • colouring books
  • batman sweatshirt
  • play dough
  • paints and my easel
  • lite brite
  • the wizard of oz VHS tape
  • dr. suess books
  • charlie brown comics
jul 23 2007 ∞
jul 23 2007 +
  • Soapworks soap from planet organic
  • "Hydra" shampoo (basically the purest, cleanest shampoo available)
  • ceramic hair straightener (worth all $90)
  • a simple metal eyelash curler
  • pink Covergirl blush
  • maybelline Great Lash mascara (the pink + green colored tube)
  • Glysomed hand cream
  • Dove invisible (though not perfectly...) "powder fresh" deoderant
mar 14 2007 ∞
mar 14 2007 +
  • pub nachos
  • vegetarian curries
  • vegetarian lasagna
  • hummus & pita
  • cheese and crackers
  • tasty tom's veggie burgers
  • route 99 breakfast - eggs and toast
  • tofu scramble
  • bean tacos and burritos
feb 20 2007 ∞
feb 20 2007 +
  • alexandra
  • adam and ben
  • shannon
  • jenna
  • becky and cassandra
  • karla
  • christine
  • beth
feb 20 2007 ∞
feb 20 2007 +
  • do you really have to stop in the middle of a busy mall in the narrowest spot?!
  • no one wants to hear your cell phone conversation!
  • unless your tote bag has a bus pass, stop blocking the last empy seat on the bus!
  • haven't you ever bought groceries before? empty your damn basket!
  • you're in the quiet study room, so keep your voice down!
feb 20 2007 ∞
feb 20 2007 +
  • Non-Productive
    • watching Jersey Shore
    • yoga
    • read blogs (all topics)
    • playing Words With Friends on my phone
    • playing scrabble
    • doing crossword puzzles
    • visiting with friends
    • watching stand-up comedy
  • Productive
    • puzzles
    • drawing pictures
    • cooking (sometimes)
    • gardening (sort of)
aug 9 2011 ∞
aug 9 2011 +
  • I am smart
  • I care about my students
  • I have a few really good friends
  • My mom and dad are proud of me
  • I am patient in life
  • I work really hard
  • I often make people laugh
dec 7 2008 ∞
dec 7 2008 +

Today...

  • woke up at 6:30
  • slept and woke up again at about 7
  • got up and ate breakfast
  • swept the floor and put the garbage out
  • had a shower
  • drove to the University to pick up my prescription
  • drove to West Ed to look for a dress
  • bought earrings, nail polish, a shirt, socks and underwear (but no dress)
  • drove home and ironed a shirt
  • changed and got on the bus
  • went downtown to the court house
  • watched Dave's bar call ceremony
  • watched Vinny's bar call ceremony in another room
  • walked with Brad back to the firm and had a drink
  • visited with people and answered a lot of "why aren't you married" type questions....
nov 21 2008 ∞
nov 21 2008 +
  • Making cake, but with limited ingredients. We used instant cappucino mix instead of cocoa.
  • Painting shirts with fabric paint.
  • Being carried to bed when I fell asleep on the couch or in the car.
  • Going out for lunch when mom was working on the weekends, but not being allowed to buy a drink with our meals-- "We have drinks at home!" haha
nov 11 2008 ∞
nov 11 2008 +
  • Edmonton
    • Stars/ Pawnshop
    • Sidetrack Cafe
    • The Colliseum/ Rexall Place
    • Commonwealth Stadium
    • Northlands Agricom
    • Shaw Conference Centre
    • Reds/ Edmonton Event Centre
    • Seedy's
    • Starlite Room & Velvet Underground
    • New City Suburbs
    • Jubilee Auditorium
    • Myer Horowitz Theatre
  • Calgary
    • Race City Speedway
    • Tequila Night Club
  • Vancouver
    • Mesa Luna Nightclub
nov 4 2008 ∞
nov 4 2008 +
  • "Everything is nothing! Nothing is everything! Ahh!!" Lisa
  • "Hate's a strong word; it takes too much energy to hate." Dad
  • "If I could take the pain away from you, I would." Mom
  • "Believe in yourself!" Kristen
  • "CAN I KNOW?" Kristen
  • "I'm really glad that you're not offended by the word 'Cunt.'" Brad
  • "If I want to lounge around all day in a baby-blue velour track suit, that's what I'm gonna do." Brad
oct 7 2008 ∞
oct 7 2008 +
  • the end of each busy day
  • New York City! May 3 - 13
  • student teaching art next semester
  • basketball courts drying up after the snow melts
  • moving in with Brad at the end of the summer
  • warm weather
  • Paris (when? who knows?)
  • school ending in a month
mar 14 2007 ∞
mar 14 2007 +
  • throwing paper airplanes
  • painting
  • falling asleep beside the person I love
  • sitting on my balcony
  • waking up beside the person I love
  • eating breakfast out
  • finishing a really good book
  • old looking wallpaper and pillowcase patterns
  • a huge expanse of open sky and sun over the prairies
  • finishing midterms and papers
  • sleeping
  • staying up and outside late in the summertime
mar 14 2007 ∞
mar 14 2007 +
  • tonsillitis
  • strep throat
  • chicken pox
  • flu
  • coughs and colds
  • pinkeye
  • ear infection
  • food poisoning
  • bladder infection
  • allergic reaction to penicillin
  • hayfever
feb 20 2007 ∞
feb 20 2007 +
  • drink 40s and beers and roll dice in the basement with friends
  • sneak under the gate on the high level bridge and climb over the river
  • go swimming in the legislature pool in the summer, very late at night
  • play street fighter II at the bowling alley (that is, until they got rid of it)
  • thrift store shopping in the suburbs - esp. stony plain
  • hang out on the patio of the black dog, or, in the winter, up by the fire
  • visit the antique mall
  • have breakfast at route 99 diner or B's
  • bike to the garneau theatre in afternoon and watch a matinee
  • watch the oilers, esp. during the playoffs
feb 20 2007 ∞
feb 20 2007 +
  • czech republic
  • paris
  • barbados
  • anywhere in south america
  • japan
  • south africa
  • liverpool (again)
  • halifax
  • iqaluit
  • northern canada (the territories, etc.)
  • russia
dec 15 2008 ∞
jul 30 2011 +

Brad's List! Welcome to Listography

  • espresso maker
  • sharp knives
  • better pots and pans
  • industrial potato peeler

Thanks, Brad. That was truly enlightening.

nov 25 2008 ∞
jan 16 2009 +
  • go to the gym early in the morning
  • lesson plan for the week
  • watch back episodes of the X-Files
  • visit mom and dad
  • watch Simpsons on TV
  • go for a late afternoon pint
  • make an elaborate breakfast
nov 19 2008 ∞
nov 19 2008 +
  • One Hundred Years of Solitude
  • Brideshead Revisited
  • Moby Dick
  • Love in the Time of Cholera
  • To the Lighthouse
  • Dracula
  • Catch 22
  • The Sun Also Rises
  • The Great Gatsby
  • White Noise
  • The Idiot
  • Journey to the End of the Night
  • Cockroach
  • Angela's Ashes
nov 6 2008 ∞
jul 30 2011 +
  • spiders that jump when you try to step over them
  • cars that almost hit your front end changing lanes because they do not shoulder-check.
  • the interest on my student loan
  • yappy little dogs
  • shakey elevators
  • "street meat" vendors
  • magpies, when they get too close
oct 19 2008 ∞
oct 19 2008 +
  • the unbearable lightness of being - milan kundera
  • slaughterhouse v - kurt vonnegut
  • the crying of lot 49 - thomas pynchon
  • the metamorphosis - franz kafka
  • animal farm - george orwell
  • the life of pi - yann martel
mar 14 2007 ∞
mar 14 2007 +
  • chewing my nails
  • grinding my teeth
  • cracking my knuckles
  • swearing
  • eating fast food
  • watching soap operas
  • spending too much time on the internet
  • chewing my lips
  • drinking too much too quickly
  • drinking too much soda
feb 20 2007 ∞
mar 14 2007 +
  • abnormal psychology - psych 377
  • hermeneutics/ lit theory - engl 218
  • gender theory - engl 220
  • comparitive lit - clit 100
  • asian american lit - engl 467
  • deconstruction - engl 420
  • art history 101
  • art fundamentals - art 134
feb 20 2007 ∞
feb 20 2007 +
  • age 10, surprise party for me from friends. aww
  • age 18, the heights in st. albert
  • age 19, black dog- just about everyone showed up
  • age 20, horrendous horrible awful awful
  • age 21, tried to sneak into the Organ, hung out upstairs at a 90s party
  • age 22, didn't bother.
  • age 25, had a huge banger at my tiny bachelor apt.
feb 20 2007 ∞
jul 30 2011 +